Show TRICYCLE RIDDEN BY t homemade affair saw service with win owner in civil war n in a little barn on Canter canterbury bur y street east weymouth mass murroll surrounded aided by old furniture and covered with a man tie of cobwebs rests one of the oldest tricycles in the country and one which saw much service and figured in many events during the tile el civil V 11 ar it was built by john A armstrong r In strong alias kelley a scout in tj the le union sor service ice ho lie traveled many miles mile on 04 ho lie old machine and according to stories told it carried him out at 0 danger on several oc occasions caMons before tl the i e ar a r I 1 he i c b built t t the machine olle con s strutting I 1 t r alc tlc t ting 1 n g t the 1 ie 1 hub b of f the front wheel 4 I 1 JI A A tricycle used in civil war out of a lection of an oak limb and using bicain handles fo fol the spokes ills scat seat was an army rubber blanket fastened to a frame and his ills knapsack was nas held by a dog log chain when he could not scout on foot he lie used the wheel his ills longest ride was from washington tc te portland me ale return to washington and from there to boston just before armstrong died he gave the tile machine to its present owner john J higgins at that time a mem ber of the alst massachusetts infantry mr higgins says there aro are many who would give a good sum suin of money for or the machine and he lie has had several excellent offers for it but he would not part with it at any price |